Causes of Achilles

Heart failure is the mosta common cause of swelling of the ankles. Puffiness of the ankles, as a rule, means a disbalance between the tissue fluid and blood. This happens usually with a strong increase in pressure in the capillaries, which leads to serum infiltration. The maximum risk of edema appears if you consume a lot of salt, sit or stand for a long time, and also with hormonal changes during pregnancy or menstruation. Sometimes the cause of the disorder is: artery disease, kidney or heart disease, varicose veins, preeclampsia, or hypertension.

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General recommendations for treatment:

1. Be sure to do sports, because intense physical activity, do not allow the liquid to stagnate in the lower extremities, and also increase the general circulation in the body.

2. Eat foods high in vitamin C, and flavones, as they help strengthen the capillaries.

3. Reduce salt intake.

4. If you have to stand for a long time or sit in one place, then at least strain the calf muscles, this reliably protects you from stagnation of blood and, accordingly, swelling in your legs.

5. Add in a warm bath six drops of lemon and geranium oil, and three drops of rosemary. Take a bath daily. Attention, rosemary oil is contraindicated in pregnancy.

6. Use daily, several cups of yarrow leaves and dandelion leaves.

Consult a physician with the following symptoms: general symptoms do not improve; after taking a new medicine, swelling began; the ankle swells only on one side; when pressing into the lower part of the abdomen or in the groin, discomfort is felt; there was shortness of breath; edema of the ankles began during pregnancy; tingling or numbness in the foot, or in other parts of the body.